Handcuffs



Sept. 1.5,*131. c. H. NENsTlEHL HANDCUFFS Filed 001'.. 25, 1926 PATE NT'@FFECE konnnrfes E nnnsrrnnr.; or'nunrmorron eration, New Yoan HANDcUnFsApplicanon tiedU october .'25, 1926. serial Nb. laatse.

Y This invention Arelates vto a handcuff and one particularlyY adapted*for use in connection with automobiles which are used to criminals. i

convey A particular object of the invention is to provide a handcuii'device 1n connection with an automobile seat through the medium of whicha prisoner can be rendered during other.

helpless transportation from one place to an- A still further obj ect 0fthe invention is to provide a handcuff arrangement in tion with anautomobile which will imprison the criminal and will prevent his movingabout in the back of the automobileand will thwart his efforts to injurethe driver of t car or other passengers inan effort to escape.

A still further object of the inventionis to provide a handcuparrangement wh be an assurance of safety for the dri the delivery of hisprisoners', and on ich will ver and e which will not in any way damageor make necessary structural changes in a vehicle and one which can beused to hold within the vehicle any number of prisoners, which can beseated therein.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody the the variousmodifications in structure lation contemplated, a drawingpreferred formhas been annexed asa this disclosure and in such drawings, referencecharacters denote same in and redepicting a p a rtI of similarcorresponding parts throughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevati on ofa part of a vehicle, for, forinstance, as an aut0- mobile, thesame being shown in secti on toillustrate the use of my improved handcuffs in connection with the rearand front seats of an automobile during its use to convey a prisonerfrom one place to another. A

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in side elevation of the handcuffarrangement in tion with the seat, showing the posi:L

connec- Jion the handcuffs assume when not in use, and i Figure 3 is afragmentary view,V enlarged, of the handcuff showing` in tion therewitha locking ring which when the prisoner is to be removed f greatlyconnecis used rom the `coil spring 12,1` provide vehicle withoutrequiring the unlocking of his hands.

' Referring to the drawings-in detail, 5 indi- Cates a vehicle havingbuilt therein in the usual manner, a front seat 6 and rear seat 7. 55Beneath each of the seats, there is provided the usual undervcompartment i 8 which is closed at the frontvbythe panelslt) and atlthe rear,*bythe rear wall-or lpanels 10, all as is common in seatconstruction, the front panel 60 9 being preferably of heavy metal andso arranged-that it cannot be readily removed.

In the transportation of Vprisoners by the sheriff from the court houseto the prison, for instance, or in the transportation of the crim- 65in'ally insane from hospitals tofasylums, great -diiiculty has beenencountered in View of the factthat no way has been provided for holdd`ing the prisoner in place in the vehicle and to `overcome thisobjection, I have provided in 75 therear wall l0 of the seat, a suitableeye bolt 11 which holds in position one end vof a coil spring 12, theopposite end of the spring being secured in the chain link 13 whichholds at its center and passing therethrough the re- 35 taining bar orrod 14. This retaining` bar'is at the inner termination of a handcuifholdingV chain l5 which extends forwardly and through a suitable smallsized opening 16 in the front panel 9 of 'the seat, it being of courseunderstood that any number of these handcuffs may beused in connectionwith any particular yseat or in any style of vehicle and I am notconfined to the showing in Figure 1,'it Y beingreadily understood thatthe chain could be concealed in some other manner or that it mightbecarried eXteriorly of the seat,-such as from the floor without affectingthe scope of my invention. However, it is preferably to have thehandcuffs and chain and other at- 53 tachments, when not in use`concealed so that the sheriff or the owner of the car can use thel samewithout having the handcuffs or chain in the way of the occupants ofthecar, when the' same is used for official purposes. A

` In order, to prevent the chain from being drawn entirely through theopening 16 bv the l an enlarged locking ring 17 one part 22 yof which iskey locked in the usualmanneras by the lock 18 and which ure 1.

can open about its hinge 23 in the nature of a shackle `to release thelinks 19. One of each of said links holds the handcuffl members 20,which in turn are locked through the medium of the key locks 21, whichhold the sections 24 closed, which are hinged as at 25, it being ofcourse evident that these handcuffs 2O can be locked about the wrists oftheprisoner and he can be escorted toaor fromvthe car and when seatedtherein, one of the links 19 can be secured to the lockingring 17 whichmay then be drawn upon by the prisoner until the spring is drawn outsufficiently to enable him to set in erect position, as shown in Fig-IIt-will be-evident that my arrangement affords not only comfort butsecurity to the driver of the vehicle inasmuch as the prisoner in theback seatisrlimited in vhis movements by rthe locking rod 14 whichengages the inside of the front panel 9 and prevents him moving to anadvantageous position.

' It is evident that when the prisoner is re`- leased, that is when thelinks 19 are removed from the locking ring17 in order to take theYprisoner out of the car, that the spring 12 will retract the chain 15through the opening 16 until the locking ring 17 is in position at theedge of theopening to prevent further withdrawal of the chain by thespring 12. Vhen the prisoner has been delivered and the sheriff returnsto the vehicle, he can .then re-r lock the handcuffs in' position in thelocking ring and they will assume the position shown in Figure 1 underthe front seat. It is of course understood that my appliance can be usedin conjunctionwith'both front and rear seats or with only the rear seat,as desired. Y

In the position shown in Figure 1, 'in the front seat, the handcuffsWill be out ofthe way and in view of the fact that the usual apron whichhangs down from the edge of the front seat is used, they will beconcealed from view during the normal use of the car.

It is evident therefore, that I have provided a safety device whichprevents the criminal placed in the back seat from getting up and doingdamage to the driver or other passenger in the vehicle and it alsodecreases the worry of the officer who is driving the car by preventingmovement of the criminal carried on the back seat.

My invention also allows a single officer to escort several prisoners toa jail or to an asylum in safety with the assurance that they aresecurely locked to the vehicle and cannot attack him from the rear.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realizethat in practice various alterations therein maybe made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts Without departing from the lspiritof the inventiori or the scope of the appended claims.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is y In combination, a iixed eyemember, a chain, a stop bar Vcarried by the chain, a spring connected tothe chain and the eye member, the chain being arranged to pass through aVwall opening and being limited in its passage in one directiontherethrough by said stop bar, a ringen saidchain and handcuffs securedto said ring, and said ring also acting to prevent complete passage ofthe chain in the opposite direction through said wall opening.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

